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Edna Griffin's FBI file, December 1951-February 1955

1952-05-02 Omaha Field Office report on activities of Edna Griffin Page 1

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 
SECURITY INFORMATION-CONFIDENTIAL [is x'd out]

Form No. 1
THIS CASE ORIGINATED AT OMAHA 

REPORT MADE AT 
Omaha, Nebraska 
DATE WHEN MADE
 5-2-52
PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE 
1-24; 2-1, 7, 11, 20, 27; 3-7, 10, 27; 4-7, 14, 18, 21-52 
REPORT MADE BY 
[REDACTED] b7c RMF 

TITLE 
EDNA MAY GRIFFIN, aka., Mrs. Stanley Griffin, Edna May Williams 
CHARACTER OF CASE
INTERNAL SECURITY- C 

SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: Subject in continued contact with Communist Party members in Nebraska and Iowa. Still active in Civil Rights action in Sioux City, Iowa, involving 
b7c 
the arrest of [REDACTED] for prostitution by Sioux City Police Department. 

[handwritten]
yes 

DECLASSIFIED BY AUC 60309 TAM/DCG/JW 
ON 02-21-2006   -P-    

[ink stamped]
G.I.R. -3

DETAILS: AT DES MOINES, IOWA: 

RESIDENCE 
b2
b7D

[handwritten]
Poster 

Confidential Informant [REDACTED] of known reliability, advised that subject still resides at 1108 - 3rd Street in Des Moines, Iowa, and is still a housewife. 

CONNECTION WITH COMMUNIST PARTY OR OTHER REVOLUTIONARY GROUPS 
b2 
b7c
b7D 

[handwritten]
ect. W/R 6-22-52 

According to Informant [REDACTED] and OTTO EDVOLD ANSTROM were present at the home of the subject at 1108 - 3rd Street, Des Moines, Iowa, on December 29, 1951. 

According to Confidential Informant [REDACTED] of known reliability and Informant [REDACTED] [REDACTED] is a member of the Communist Party. 
b2 
b7D

OTTO EDVOLD ANSTROM, according to [REDACTED] and Confidential Informant [REDACTED] of known reliability. 

APPROVED AND FORWARDED: 
 SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE
[?] Dalton 
DO NOT WRITE IN THESE SPACES 

[handwritten]
100-355489-44

COPIES OF THIS REPORT 
5 - Bureau (100-355489) (REG MAIL) 
2 - Chicago (REG MAIL) 
3 - Omaha (100-4095)

[ink stamped] 
COPY IN FILE 

SECURITY INFORMATION- CONFIDENTIAL [is x'd out]
5 1952 
RECORDED - 124 
INDEXED - 124 
EX-99

PROPERTY OF FBI- THIS CONFIDENTIAL REPORT AND ITS CONTENTS ARE LOANED TO YOU BY THE FBI AND ARE NOT TO BE DISTRIBUTED OUTSIDE OF AGENCY TO WHICH LOANED 

[ink stamped]
MAY 26 1952 

[ink stamped]
COPIES DESTROYED 
851 NOV 7 1962 

* U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE   16-59255-2

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SECURITY INFORMATION-CONFIDENTIAL [is x'd out] Form No. 1 THIS CASE ORIGINATED AT OMAHA REPORT MADE AT Omaha, Nebraska DATE WHEN MADE 5-2-52 PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE 1-24; 2-1, 7, 11, 20, 27; 3-7, 10, 27; 4-7, 14, 18, 21-52 REPORT MADE BY [REDACTED] b7c RMF TITLE EDNA MAY GRIFFIN, aka., Mrs. Stanley Griffin, Edna May Williams CHARACTER OF CASE INTERNAL SECURITY- C SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: Subject in continued contact with Communist Party members in Nebraska and Iowa. Still active in Civil Rights action in Sioux City, Iowa, involving b7c the arrest of [REDACTED] for prostitution by Sioux City Police Department. [handwritten] yes DECLASSIFIED BY AUC 60309 TAM/DCG/JW ON 02-21-2006 -P- [ink stamped] G.I.R. -3 DETAILS: AT DES MOINES, IOWA: RESIDENCE b2 b7D [handwritten] Poster Confidential Informant [REDACTED] of known reliability, advised that subject still resides at 1108 - 3rd Street in Des Moines, Iowa, and is still a housewife. CONNECTION WITH COMMUNIST PARTY OR OTHER REVOLUTIONARY GROUPS b2 b7c b7D [handwritten] ect. W/R 6-22-52 According to Informant [REDACTED] and OTTO EDVOLD ANSTROM were present at the home of the subject at 1108 - 3rd Street, Des Moines, Iowa, on December 29, 1951. According to Confidential Informant [REDACTED] of known reliability and Informant [REDACTED] [REDACTED] is a member of the Communist Party. b2 b7D OTTO EDVOLD ANSTROM, according to [REDACTED] and Confidential Informant [REDACTED] of known reliability. APPROVED AND FORWARDED: SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE [?] Dalton DO NOT WRITE IN THESE SPACES [handwritten] 100-355489-44 COPIES OF THIS REPORT 5 - Bureau (100-355489) (REG MAIL) 2 - Chicago (REG MAIL) 3 - Omaha (100-4095) [ink stamped] COPY IN FILE SECURITY INFORMATION- CONFIDENTIAL [is x'd out] 5 1952 RECORDED - 124 INDEXED - 124 EX-99 PROPERTY OF FBI- THIS CONFIDENTIAL REPORT AND ITS CONTENTS ARE LOANED TO YOU BY THE FBI AND ARE NOT TO BE DISTRIBUTED OUTSIDE OF AGENCY TO WHICH LOANED [ink stamped] MAY 26 1952 [ink stamped] COPIES DESTROYED 851 NOV 7 1962 * U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 16-59255-2